Agitation over forestland
A dispute over the rights of tribals to forestland in Gujarat took a violent turn on February 13 when two tribals were killed and three others injured in a police firing at Polo in Sabarkantha
A dispute over the rights of tribals to forestland in Gujarat took a violent turn on February 13 when two tribals were killed and three others injured in a police firing at Polo in Sabarkantha
D eath and earthquakes do not come by appointment. However, an earthquake gives definitive indications of its arrival. In Gujarat, there were many. A 4.2 magnitude quake rocked the Rann of Kachhch
about 24 fauna species are likely to become extinct in Gujarat in the near future, states a new report. Fauna of Gujarat , the report, is part of a study conducted by the Zoological Survey
an ngo has asked Gujarat's pollution control board for details of the clearances granted to over 12 large-scale shopping malls in Ahmedabad. It has alleged that most of the malls in the city
A deadly nexus between government officials and builders reduce most of Gujarat s homes to rubbles
Japan is likely to lift the ban on import of Indian mangoes after India successfully conducted vapour heat treatment to eliminate beetles present in the fruits, said S M Acharya, joint secretary in
Gujarat pollution control board smacks industries
Livelihoods of fisherfolk is at stake as the Mundra special economic zone (sez) on the northern shore of the Gulf of Kutch gets underway. Potentially the largest sez in the country, it covers 28 km
the authorities in Gujarat have seized 19.2 lakh banned oxytocin injections which are illegally sold to the cattle owners to raise milk production. According to the state health minister,
in india, cases of industries flouting environmental laws are not rare and in Gujarat this has become a rule. To set up any industry, an environmental clearance from the Union ministry of
A new filter reduces effluents from diary industries and also produces biogass
in the first week of October, the Thol reservoir in the Mehsana district of Gujarat witnessed another episode of human-avian conflict. Thousands of villagers marched to the reservoir and
Chastened by the state High Court's orders on its apathy in disciplining effing polluting units, the Gujarat government has taken belated action and cut off water and electricity connections
The Supreme Court (SC) ruled that the establishment of industrial townships in areas belonging to village panchayats was in accordance with the Constitution. The 73rd and 74th Constitution
the system of public hearing is turning out to be a farce in Gujarat. In 1994, the Union ministry of environment and forests made Environmental Public Hearing mandatory for 29 industries listed
Reminiscences from a visit to Alang about 10 years back
In the Indian context, the term deep sea has very little to do with depth. It refers to India s Exclusive Economic Zone: the 188 nautical miles of waters beyond the 12 mile territorial sea. Soon after the declaration of the Indian EEZ in 1976, there we
How can one conserve a wildlife sanctuary better? By flagrantly trespassing on one part of it. Then picking up the tab for planting trees on another in recompense. This is precisely the logic underlying a petition filed by Essar Oil Limited in the Supreme
A division bench of the Gujarat high court recently directed the Gujarat State Fertilisers Company Limited (GSFC), Vadodara, to take proper steps to ensure the upkeep of the wall which seperates the
A division bench of the Gujarat high court, comprising Justices R K Abichancani and J R Vora, has pulled up officials of the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (gpcb) for dereliction of duty. It